Material: Brass
The axe was used as a household tool as well as a weapon. Often an axe, along with other sharp objects (knife, sickle, scythe), was a talisman and a remedy for evil spirits and diseases. Traditionally, folk beliefs associate the axe with masculinity and sexual power. Among the Vikings, the axe was a very common weapon, along with the sword. Researchers believe that it was closely connected with the other world.
The symbol of the axe has been used since ancient times all over the world. For example, it is believed that in the Middle Ages, Eastern Slavs often cut the umbilical cord of newborn boys with an axe. In Belarus, if a couple wanted a girl, they would place a sickle at the headboard, and if a boy, an axe. In Ukraine, peasants used to bury an axe in the ground before plowing to get a good harvest. The symbol was also used in medieval heraldry, for example, the lion with an axe is the emblem of Norway or the city of Khyriv in the Lviv region.
The type of medieval pendants in the form of axes was very popular among Ukrainians, so they are found in large numbers in our country.
